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Clover🩷

the day I found out about you was the best day.

your daddy and I had been wishing and praying for years to have a baby, and here you came along one sunny day.

we told our families and they were overjoyed. your fur brother Duke was patiently awaiting your arrival, as we all were.

the months went by and summer came. I went into labor and we went to the hospital. my father, your granddad, prayed over us and you.

we wanted a safe delivery. no meds.

you had brown curly hair.

all ten fingers and toes.

you weighed seven pounds two ounces.

twenty inches long.

you were perfection.

we all held you and loved you.

kissed your cheeks and your hands and your toes.

we filled out your birth certificate.

clover. what a beautiful name for the most beautiful baby girl.

granddad and grandma sang to you.

your aunt Lynn took photos of you and us.

your cousins Adam and Gracie held you on the big blue couch.

your daddy read you a story.

I whispered to you that I loved you.

I loved you from the moment I found out about you and I still do. I always will.

clover, you never cried.

you never took your first breath.

you never opened your eyes.

you never wriggled around.

Duke whined when we returned home with an empty carseat.

he wanted his sister, the one he waited so patiently for all those months.

we didn't understand why God kept you.

you were born sleeping.

now, you sleep forever with the angels.

I bet you're the prettiest angel up there.

watch over your daddy and me.

we love you.